Rossville

Rossville is a neighborhood of Staten Island, on the island's South Shore. Poor transportation caused the town's decline until the completion of the West Shore Expressway in 1976. The resulting residential building boom encouraged long time farmers to sell their land to developers which fueled rapid growth in the area, continuing to this day. Although originally mostly farmland, Rossville has become largely suburban in nature - a fact lamented by its original residents, nearly all of whom have since moved away.